Photos of the Week: Dec. 23-29

Dec. 29, 2012 2:38 p.m. ET

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UNREST: Protesters shielded themselves as police beat them with sticks during a rally Sunday in New Delhi against the gang-rape and beating of a 23-year-old female student on a moving bus. The attack has sparked days of protests across India. Six suspects have been arrested.
Kevin Frayer/Associated Press…

3-D ROYALTY: Britain's Queen Elizabeth watched a preview of her Christmas message with a pair of 3-D glasses, studded with crystals in the form of a 'Q,' at Buckingham Palace in London. The Queen's traditional Christmas Day message, filmed in 3-D for the first time, will pay tribute to the world's athletes for delivering a 'splendid summer of sport' at the London Olympics.
Reuters…

FROZEN FOREST: A woman walked past trees covered with hoarfrost and snow on the bank of the Yenisei River with the air temperature at about -15 degrees Fahrenheit (-26 degrees Celsius) outside Krasnoyarsk, Russia, Monday.
Ilya Naymushin/Reuters…

STEAMY SPOT: A man stood on a platform as steam rose from the boilers of a pumping station in Lemmer, Netherlands, Monday. The station pumps excess water from the province to a nearby lake.
Catrinus Van Der Veen/AFP/Getty Images…

SANTA BALLOON: A boy in a car held a Santa Claus balloon in the West Bank town of Bethlehem during Christmas celebrations Monday.
Nasser Shiyoukhi/Associated Press…

WINTER WONDERLAND: Lyubov Valiyeva, a member of the 'Cryophil' winter swimming club, played with snow by the banks of the Yenisei River in the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk, Russia, Wednesday.
Ilya Naymushin/Reuters…

VANTAGE POINT: A Free Syria Army fighter watched a fight with forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad from his position in Aleppo, Syria, Wednesday.
Ahmed Jadallah/Reuters…

SMOKE AND FIRE: A man protected his mouth and nose from smoke after a massive explosion ripped through a fireworks warehouse in Lagos, Nigeria, Wednesday. At least one person died and 15 were wounded, emergency workers said.
Sunday Alamba/Associated Press…

PAYING IT FORWARD: A boy played as women massaged their neighbors' backs near Hoan Kiem Lake in Hanoi, Vietnam, Wednesday.
Kham/Reuters…

ALL WET: British Prime Minister David Cameron exited a tunnel as he participated in the Great Brook Run in Chadlington, England, Thursday. Competitors waded through rivers and a tunnel.
Hartley/Rex Features/Zuma Press…

TRIANGULATION: A workers installed a panel with Waterford Crystal triangles on the Times Square New Year's Eve Ball in New York Thursday. Hundreds of new crystal triangles adorn the ball.
Mike Segar/Reuters…

AUSPICIOUS? In Malabon, Philippines, Friday, a man allowed himself to be wrapped in pythons, including at least two albino Burmese pythons, the yellow and white ones, as part of a show celebrating the coming Year of the Snake in the Chinese calendar.
Romeo Ranoco/Reuters…

A GOOD TEAM: A man climbed onto his elephant as they walked toward the Chitwan National Park in Nepal Friday. Elephants and their riders, mahouts, were taking part in an exhibition soccer match and various other sports and activities there this week.
Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters…